Pleural effusion as the preenting feacture of palatal adenocystic carcinoma recurrence

Authors

  • T. Fevereiro Interno do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina III do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • R. G. Matos Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina III do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • A. Ferreira Interno do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia, Serviço de Medicina III do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • P. Morais Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina III do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • A. Ferreira de Almeida Director de Serviço, Serviço de Medicina III do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa

Keywords:

secondary pleural tumour, adenocys­tic carcinoma of the hard palate, pleural effusion

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 68-year old fema­le patient with a right sided pleural effusion, without cardiovascular or infectious disease complaints.

The final diagnosis was of a secondary pleural tumour: adenocystic carcinoma, with the primary location on the hard palate, wich had been diagnosed and treated 8 years previously, with no subsequent local recurrence.

The authors highlight the rarity of this diagnosis and the fact that, while pulmonary metastization with pleural involvement has been described, it is extreme­ly rare to find solitary pleural metastasis from this primary tumour.

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1997-09-30

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Fevereiro T, Matos RG, Ferreira A, Morais P, Ferreira de Almeida A. Pleural effusion as the preenting feacture of palatal adenocystic carcinoma recurrence. RPMI [Internet]. 1997 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 19];4(3):179-81. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2230

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (1997): Julho/ Setembro

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Case Reports

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